The secret to a healthier, longer life? Sharing a bed with your partner, apparently

New research collected by The Wall Street Journal shows that snoozing in the same bed as your partner can drastically improve your health and ease anxiety. Erm, amazing.

One theory is that the act promotes feelings of safety and security and that shared sleep in healthy relationships may lower levels of cortisol, a stress hormone. All sounds pretty darn good to us.

Previous studies have suggested that those who share beds often have more disrupted sleep, due to cover-stealing, snoring and other general bad bed habits. (Not us, never).

But it is thought that the health benefits associated with bed-sharing hugely outweigh the hours of sleep lost from it – suggesting that the 24 per cent of people who sleep in a different room from their partner should perhaps reconsider.

So, to sum it up, if you’re feeling stressed, don’t just have a ‘smash and dash’, save some time for good old bed cuddles too.